Philippines: Operation Blessing's PABLO Relief continues for Typhoon victims
Source: Operation BlessingCountry: PhilippinesOperation Blessing Foundation Philippines will remain in Pablo-stricken areas to continue rehabilitation efforts for homes and communities severely...
View ArticleZimbabwe: Turning on Taps a Risky Business in Zimbabwe
Source: Inter Press ServiceCountry: ZimbabweBy Stanley KwendaHARARE, Jan 28 2013 (IPS) - For three weeks Tavonga Kwidini and his wife Maria had no tap water in their home in Glen View, one of the many...
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Pakistan: Pakistan: Humanitarian Dashboard January 2013
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Pakistan
View ArticleCentral African Republic: ICRC transfers seven military personnel released in...
Source: ICRCCountry: Central African Republic28-01-2013 News Release 13/10Geneva/Bangui (ICRC) – Seven members of the Central African Republic armed forces were released on 26 January by the Séléka...
View ArticleAfghanistan: New EU funding to improve health services for 14 million people...
Source: European UnionCountry: AfghanistanReference: IP/13/58 Event Date: 28/01/2013Brussels, 28 January 2013Today, the European Commission and Afghan Minister of Finance, Omar Zakhilwal, will sign two...
View ArticleMozambique: Flooding creates displacement crisis
Source: IRINCountry: MozambiqueCHIAQUELANE, 28 January 2013 (IRIN) - The Mozambican government and aid organizations are struggling to respond to the needs of 150,000 people displaced by recent...
View ArticleSouth Sudan (Republic of): Pibor residents seek refuge at UNMISS bases
Source: UN Mission in South SudanCountry: South Sudan (Republic of)28 January 2013 – Fleeing clashes that erupted in Jonglei State’s Pibor town yesterday, residents have been taking refugee at two...
View ArticleNigeria: Nigeria to tackle worst ever lead poisoning this week -senator
Source: Reuters - AlertNetCountry: NigeriaABUJA, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Nigeria will release funds this week to tackle the world's worst lead poisoning outbreak which has killed at least 400 children, a...
View ArticleAfghanistan: MSF Treats Victims of Kunduz Bomb Blast
Source: MSFCountry: AfghanistanKUNDUZ, AFGHANISTAN/NEW YORK, JANUARY 28, 2013—Following Saturday's bomb blast in the center of the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, the independent international medical...
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Syrian Arab Republic: Regional Analysis Syria - 28 January 2013
Source: MapAction, Assessment Capacities ProjectCountry: Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, TurkeyOverviewThe Regional Analysis of the Syria Conflict (RAS) seeks to bring together information...
View ArticleMozambique: Southern Africa Floods Flash Update (as of 28 January 2013)
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Madagascar, Malawi, MozambiqueMozambiqueFlooding of the Incomati and Limpopo Basins in mid to late January 2013 affected Gaza...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Syria humanitarian needs growing more acute, UN...
Source: UN News ServiceCountry: Jordan, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic28 January 2013 – Ahead of a major humanitarian pledging conference for Syria, a senior United...
View ArticleParaguay: Dengue: Se intensificarán acciones contra la enfermedad en zonas de...
Source: Government of ParaguayCountry: Paraguay•Para evitar su dispersión hacia zonas que se encuentran libres de infestación larvaria. •En el barrio la Recoleta aparecieron nuevos casos. •Las...
View ArticleSenegal: Report: Mobile Phones Transform Lives in Africa
Source: Voice of AmericaCountry: Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, WorldDAKAR — Rene Mendy, a street vendor in Dakar, has never had enough money to open a bank account. But now, thanks to an emerging mobile...
View ArticleMyanmar: Arakan segregation takes toll on local communities
Source: Democratic Voice of BurmaCountry: MyanmarBy HANNA HINDSTROMAn angry policeman gestures and shouts in Arakanese. The road is blocked with wooden fences and cords of barbed wire. A local man...
View ArticleDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Humanitarian Action in the Democratic...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: Democratic Republic of the CongoHIGHLIGHTSOver 50,000 cholera cases, 1,300 deaths, recorded during the last two years North Kivu:...
View ArticleMyanmar: Disease Spreads among Displaced Kachin Children
Source: IrrawaddyCountry: MyanmarBy NYEIN NYEIN / THE IRRAWADDYThe health conditions of displaced villagers in Kachin State are deteriorating and dozens of children are suffering from diarrhea, a local...
View ArticleKazakhstan: Volunteers in Kazakhstan publicize patients’ medical rights
Source: Counterpart InternationalCountry: KazakhstanBy Jennifer BrooklandSelbi Turesheva is passionate about raising awareness of people’s right to health in Kazakhstan.“Every person may face a time in...
View ArticleGuatemala: Replantean acciones contra la desnutrición en San Juan Atitán
Source: Government of GuatemalaCountry: GuatemalaLa reorientación de acciones que agilicen el avance de las metas trazadas por el Pacto Hambre Cero en San Juan Atitán, municipio de Huehuetenango, es la...
View ArticleNiger: [Video] Child-friendly spaces: Helping children through emergencies
Source: PlanCountry: Mali, NigerJanuary 2013: Take a tour of a Plan child-friendly space in Niger and see the support it is providing to children who have been forced to flee fighting in neighbouring...
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